{"id":11396,"date":"2024-07-17T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/?p=11396"},"modified":"2024-08-12T22:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T22:45:54","slug":"watershed-american-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/watershed-american-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying Key Watershed Stewards in the American West"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11396\" class=\"elementor elementor-11396\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9198dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9198dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;arrow&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Family Forest Owners are Key Players<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d8d565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d8d565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/group-es\/\" target=\"_blank\">SCIENCE GROUP: Ecosystem Services<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796e57f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"796e57f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-778fb4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"778fb4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ffed18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ffed18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Large Scale Geospatial Analysis for Local Benefit<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d2c3ce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d2c3ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The American Forest Foundation (AFF) approached SIG to support their work on ensuring forests on private lands in the American West continue to provide clean water, even in the face of increasing wildfire activity. In particular, they wanted to find out the role played by family forest owners in ensuring watershed health.<\/p><p>SIG\u2019s role was to provide spatial analysis across the entire American West, nearly two million square miles. We identified parcels of high wildfire risk that also provide important watershed benefits and are in the hands of private owners.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38f23db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38f23db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b100b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61b100b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-pa-eq-height=\"{&quot;targetType&quot;:&quot;widget&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;load&quot;,&quot;enableOn&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6194402 e-con-full premium-equal-height-yes e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6194402\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;premium_eq_height_switcher&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f081adc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f081adc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a12a726 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a12a726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wildfire Doesn\u2019t Care about Ownership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a9c1ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a9c1ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The landscape of the American West is held by many different entities, yet wildfires do not respect property boundaries. Because wildfires can have serious negative impacts on forest watershed services, wildfire risk also entails water supply risk in an increasingly arid part of the world.<\/p><p>Family forest owners are often overlooked in mitigation programs because their holdings are smaller and more dispersed than public lands. Yet their lands are often in critical watersheds that experience high fire risk, suggesting that this is an important constituency in region wide wildfire prevention and watershed management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9b616 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae9b616\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f4ecda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f4ecda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-03-1024x880.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11417\" alt=\"Wildfire American west\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-03-1024x880.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-03-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-03-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-03.jpg 1178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Forest wildfire at night<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-899b996 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"899b996\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d8ec7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21d8ec7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80de725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80de725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-05-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11426\" alt=\"Family Forest Owners\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-05-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-05-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca8f55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ca8f55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ed710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26ed710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Role of Family Forest Owners<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dfd2e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dfd2e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Spatial Informatics Group analyzed fire risk across all burnable wildland vegetation and water supply watersheds in the 11 conterminous Western states. We identified more than 52 million acres of high fire risk\u2013an area nearly the size of Kansas.<\/p><p>We found that more than 9 million acres of high risk lands are stewarded by family forest owners. In some states, particularly California and Oregon, we found that family forest owners own more lands at risk in key watersheds than the federal government.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9033e43 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9033e43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca4f8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ca4f8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc82f78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc82f78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geospatially-informed Sociology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715f404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"715f404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This analysis made clear that fire in the West is a problem extending far beyond public lands. AFF leveraged SIG\u2019s analysis to survey family forest owners and develop strategies to increase engagement. Informed by SIG\u2019s work, AFF has launched programs to help private landowners reduce fire risk and restore forests, improve public policy and funding to reduce risk on private lands, and catalyze markets to make healthy forest management economical.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b7720 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d1b7720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestfoundation.org\/why-we-do-it\/family-forest-blog\/report-western-water-threatened-by-wildfire\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Report<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2653471 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2653471\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29373c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b29373c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-06-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11430\" alt=\"Geospatially-informed Sociology\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-06-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-west-06.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Forest Foundation (AFF) approached SIG to support their work on ensuring forests on private lands in the American West continue to provide clean water, even in the face of increasing wildfire activity. 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